Within the human rights context, and as articulated in the UN Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the progressive right to the
enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health without discrimination
on the basis of disability is fundamental to the design principles of the
proposed University of Canberra Public Hospital (UCPH). Also fundamental to
the design principles of the proposed UCPH is Article 6 of the CRPD which
expressly calls on all Governments to take specific measures to ensure the full
and equal enjoyment by women and girls with disabilities of all fundamental
freedoms and human rights with men. Given the likelihood that a potentially
higher proportion of women than men with disabilities in the ACT will need
sub-acute hospital care, the design and operation of the UCPH is a gendered
issue.
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